Hi! My Harris lineage: Thomas Harris and Elizabeth Church Martha Harris and Joseph Geer George Geer Am(e)y Wilcox George Geer(Elizabeth Newton) Lydia Adelia Geer(Perry Kenyon Congdon) Abram Eugene Congdon(Flora Dean Miner) Harriet Elizabeth Congdon(James Bard Bill) Ruth Carolyn Bill(Robert Scott Hirst) Scott Bill Hirst,myself I am a Thomas Harris and Martha (Lake)Harris descendant. Relatively yours, Scott --- "Violet O. Guy" <vmguy@gmpexpress.net> wrote: > Joan: > > I haven't been following this, but I shall ask > if you have tried the online > databases at:. > http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ > New England Historic Genealogical Society > (NEGHS), Founded 1845. > > > Need research guidance? Ask NEGHS Online > Genealogist, David Lambert. > (Complimentary Service) > Learn more here thru a LINK on the above URL. > > > There are many percs for members only; and > sometime ago, I used the online > database for Thomas & Martha (Lake) Harris as > their daughter Elizabeth > married my John Gallup III; and these I posted > to CTNEWLON and therefore are > in the Archives for CTNEWLON. There is an > online newsletter and there is an > Online Genealogist, so look for what is > available, when you bring up the > above listed URL. > > Also, you may just telephone NEGHS, and you may > purchase helpful books, CDs, > etc. I, too, looked up the reference cited by > Cindy in "The Great Migration > Begins" by Robert Charles Anderson. > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/inde > Archives for CTNEWLON website. > (Since 1997) > > > > Violet Moore Guy > 09/25/2006 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ctnewlon-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ctnewlon-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Cindy Besser > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:07 PM > To: ctnewlon@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CTNEWLON] Harris > > Joan, > Good Luck, if I can be of any help just let > me know. > Cindy > > Joan Norstedt <past-lane@adelphia.net> wrote: > Cindy, I failed to keep the previous e-mails > on this. I do have the > following taken from The Great Migration: > It does indicate that the Walter Harris of New > London is not the same > Walter of Dorchester. Neither source tells me > the name of the wives. > I think I should not comment further until I > can figure out which is > which. > > Joan > > WALTER HARRIS > > Walter Harris appears as one of sixteen names > on a passenger list of > 7 March 1631/2, taken at the port of London; > also on this list were > John Smalley and "Edmond Wynsloe," the latter > returning from one of > his business trips to England, having > apparently recruited Harris and > Smalley [ Hotten 149]. > 8 April 1633: "Whereas Walter Harris had bound > himself by indenture > to serve Mr. John Atwood of London, under the > command of Mr. John > Done of New Plymouth, for the space of five > years, the said John Done > hath sold all right, title & claim to the said > service to Henry > Howland, by consent of the said Walter, for & > in consideration of > fourteen pounds sterling, to be paid at three > several payments, vizt: > the first in hand, the second in November next > ensuing, & the third > in November, anno 1634, in merchantable > commodities, as corn or > swine, as they shall be worth at the several > times of payment" [ PCR > 1:12-13]. > COMMENT: No further record of Walter Harris is > seen. Some sources > identify this Walter Harris with the man of > that name who appears > later in Dorchester, and then New London, but > this cannot be the > case. The Dorchester man already had a family, > including sons born in > the 1620s; this is supported by the passenger > list recently > discovered by Coldham, for the ship Speedwell, > sailing from Weymouth > 22 April 1637, which includes an entry for > "Walter Harris, his wife, > six children & three servants" [ Coldham 185]. > Such a man would not > have come to Plymouth in 1632 as a servant. > > Source: > The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New > England 1620-1633, > Volumes I-III > > > > > > > > On Sep 24, 2006, at 9:14 AM, Cindy Besser > wrote: > > Joan, > Are we talking about the same Walter Harris and > Mary Fry? > Cindy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to > CTNEWLON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Cindy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to > CTNEWLON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to CTNEWLON-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > Scott Bill Hirst 20 Maple Court Ashaway,RI 02804-1301 USA (401)377-4643 Note:Telephone if you need quick reply.Use <scottbillhirst@lycos.com> as alternate e-mail.